★★★★★
It's pretty easy to be tempted to immediately hold a bias toward Sounding the Seventh Trumpet because of the band that created it. However, the most important thing to remember is that this was before Avenged Sevenfold's huge breakthrough and all of the polarized opinions floating about their work today. Time has been the ultimate judge of this group, revealing their numerous ups, downs, experiments, perceived "sellout" moments, the works...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-02-08
★★★★★
Chapter III: The Big Time Avenged Sevenfold are perhaps the band that I have the most "love-hate" relationship with when it comes to metal music. They have great records (Waking the Fallen, this album); they have absolute trash (self-titled, Hail to the King). Many of the band members are very skillful at their instruments, and yet they frequently choose to waste their talents on lazy songwriting and recycling musical themes from past greats like Metallica and Iron Maiden. Even vocalist M...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-02-04
★★★★★
Since the release of , news on a new Metallica album has been pretty quiet. Heavy touring has kept fans from frothing at the mouth, but every year takes a little more out of the average 'tallica devotee. While held a few strong songs, there was hope that with the next record they could combine their old aggression with a little more honest songwriting...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-09-29
★★★★★
Since the release of , news on a new Metallica album has been pretty quiet. Heavy touring has kept fans from frothing at the mouth, but every year takes a little more out of the average 'tallica devotee. While held a few strong songs, there was hope that with the next record they could combine their old aggression with a little more honest songwriting...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-09-07
★★★★★
Release Date: July 27th 2010 It's about time that I actively listen to hard rock/alternative metal band Avenged Sevenfold. They're one of the most popular bands in the genre, so why haven't I listened to them a lot sooner? That's a good question, and it's something I've never really thought about before, so let's examine that before I talk about Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare, shall we? Well, as huge music fan (music nerd, perhaps?), there's a lot out there for me to really get into...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-09-02
★★★★★
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Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
August 27, 2013 by Dan Slessor
Released:August 27, 2013 - Warner Bros.
AP Rating:
Throughout the course of Avenged Sevenfold's last few albums, they have evolved into a more hard-rock-oriented wrecking crew while still retaining a strong tie to their metallic roots...
- www.altpress.com
2013-08-30
★★★★★
Following the release of "Carry On" for the Call of Duty Arms: Black Ops II video game, Avenged Sevenfold returned to the studio with new drummer, Arin Ilejay of Confide, to record 2013's Hail to the King. In a press announcement, vocalist M. Shadows announced they would be attempting to go back to their Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin roots, and at the surface, the idea of dumbing down their music to sturdy classic rock grooves made a lot of sense, since many of the compositions on their last...
- www.allmusic.com
2013-09-02
★★★★★
Throughout the course of Avenged Sevenfold's last few albums, they have evolved into a more hard-rock-oriented wrecking crew while still retaining a strong tie to their metallic roots. With an evident desire to write the biggest music imaginable, they have upped the game with every release, and Hail To The King is an epic album indeed--and possibly their best to date...
- altpress.com
2013-08-28
★★★★★
Sound: Avenged Sevenfold was formed in 1999, releasing their first album, "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet," two years later in 2001. This release was more metalcore than the straightforward metal sound they've come to be known for since. This was due in part to M. Shadows wanting to move away from screamed vocals, going so far as taking vocal lessons from the same instructor that had been used by Axl Rose and Chris Cornell...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2013-08-28
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